The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes
By: Dick Riley & Pam McAllister.
Contributors: McAllister, Pam.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780826411167
Copyright date: 1999
Subjects: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 -- Characters -- Sherlock Holmes.; Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Miscellanea.; Detective and mystery stories, English -- Miscellanea.; Private investigators in literature -- Miscellanea.
Other titles: Bedside, bathtub, and armchair companion to Sherlock Holmes
Description: Providing an overview of all aspects of the life and times of the world-famous detective, Riley and McAllister offer interesting and entertaining information about the fictional sleuth. Along with the trivia and information, the authors insert historical background on Victorian England, a short biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and brief synopses of the Holmes stories. Additional chapters cover explanations of rank in the British nobility, drugs used in the era, and the wars mentioned in the stories. Several chapters make forays into understanding the psychology of Holmes, his personality, and his pleasures. One entire chapter reviews the various clubs dedicated to him. A crossword puzzle, a Sherlock Holmes Mystery Map of London, and around 200 black-and-white illustrations, including some from the stories and some of Victorian London, add to the fun.
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Table of contents: title: Imagine Holmes without his hat : the impact of illustrators; title: Living a Victorian life; title: Steel true, blade straight : Arthur Conan Doyle; title: Holmes's London; title: The Sherlock Holmes mystery map of London; title: Detectives : official and un; title: The role of a lifetime; title: Why the long face? : Sherlock Holmes and the pursuit of pleasure; title: Not so elementary, my dear Watson; title: "Save for the occasional use of cocaine, he had no vices"; title: Still, the game's afoot : Sherlock Holmes societies around the world; title: Great matters of state; title: English crime (and its Napoleon); title: Puzzler : if you can't say anything nice; title: Puzzler : agents of an untimely demise; title: Behind this great man there's a Watson; title: The Sherlock Holmes mystery map of Southern England; title: Parodies, pastiches, and other forms of flattery; title: Canines of the canon; title: Colonial adventures : "You have been in Afghanistan"; title: Orders of precedence : the noble and the common of nineteenth century Britain; title: From sovereigns to shillings, pounds to pence; title: The brooding bachelor in a world of women; title: A glossary of Holmesian Victoriana; title: The unchronicled cases of Sherlock Holmes : a crossword puzzle; title: Filling our homes with Holmes : memorabilia honoring the master detective; title: My brother, the consulting detective (by Mycroft Holmes, late of Her Majesty's government)